Using online measures of familiar word recognition in the looking-while-listening procedure, this prospective longitudinal study revealed robust links between processing efficiency and vocabulary growth from 18 to 30 months in children classified as typically developing (n = 46) and as "late talkers" (n = 36) at 18 months. Those late talkers who were more efficient in word recognition at 18 mon...

this study was conducted to determine the effect of swedish massage on blood glucose level in children with diabetes mellitus (dm). it was prospective randomized controlled trial study that conducted on 36 children, 6-12 years old with dm, recruited from a hospital in qom city, iran. the children were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups. swedish massage was performed 15 minutes...

PURPOSE Postradiotherapy (RT) prostate biopsies are prone to problems in interpretation. False negatives due to sampling error, false positives due to delayed tumor regression, and indeterminate biopsies showing radiation effect in residual tumor of uncertain viability are common occurrences. METHODS AND MATERIALS A cohort of 498 men treated with conventional RT from 06/87-10/96 were followed...

Aim To evaluate animpact of eight dimensions of self-rated health measured by the SF-36 questionnaire on visits to family physicians among people older than 65. Methods This cross-sectional study was carried out in family medicine outpatient departments of the Public Institution Primary Health Care Center of Canton Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The study included 200 respondents divided int...